# drei
## Bavarian
### Alternative forms

* droi (South Central Bavarian)

### Etymology

From Middle High German drī, from Old High German drī, from Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d̥rɑɛ̯/
** Audio:(file)
* IPA: /d̥ræː/ (East Central, Vienna)

### Numeral

drei
* three

## Central Franconian
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German drī, from Old High German dri, from Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dʀei̯/ (Ripuarian)
** In proper pronunciation, Ripuarian drei does not rhyme with zwei /tsʋɛi̯/, but younger speakers may merge these diphthongs.
* IPA: /dʀɛi̯/, /dʀʌi̯/ (Moselle Franconian)

### Numeral

drei
* (most dialects) three

#### Related terms

* dreimol
* dressig / dreißig
* drett

#### Descendants

* Hunsrik: drei
* Luxembourgish: dräi

## German
### Alternative forms

* drey (obsolete)
* Drei (when used substantively)

### Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German drī, from Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Compare Dutch drie, English three, Danish tre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dʁaɪ̯/, [dʁaɪ̯]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aɪ̯

### Numeral

drei
* (cardinal number) three (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 3; or describing a set with three elements)
** 1845, Carl von Holtei, Theater. In einem Bande, Breslau, page 370:Wenn also diese Küsse zu dem letzten Gerechnet werden, ist die Summe drei, Wie aller guten Dinge dreie sind.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Declension

* In adjectival use (that is, with a following noun):
** Nominative, dative, and accusative are always uninflected.
** The genitive case takes the form dreier if no article or pronoun is preceding: Vater dreier Kinder – “a father of three children”; but: der Vater der drei Kinder – “the father of the three children”. The form dreier is somewhat elevated; even in formal writing it is sometimes more natural to avoid it (Vater von drei Kindern).
* In substantival use (that is, without a following noun):
** Nominative and accusative are uninflected in the contemporary standard language. The form dreie still exists in colloquial German, chiefly in eastern Germany.
** The dative case may take the form dreien: Ich sprach mit dreien. – “I spoke with three (people).” This rule is usually observed in formal standard German; but when a specification in the genitive case (or with von) is following, the bare form is more common: Ich sprach mit drei der Zeugen. – “I spoke with three of the witnesses.” In colloquial German, dreien is never obligatory.

#### Coordinate terms

| | —0 | —1 | —2 | —3 | —4 | —5 | —6 | —7 | —8 | —9 |
| 0— | null | eins, (before a noun) ein | zwei | drei | vier | fünf | sechs | sieben | acht | neun |
| 1— | zehn | elf | zwölf | dreizehn | vierzehn | fünfzehn | sechzehn | siebzehn | achtzehn | neunzehn |
| 2— | zwanzig | einundzwanzig | zweiundzwanzig | dreiundzwanzig | vierundzwanzig | fünfundzwanzig | sechsundzwanzig | siebenundzwanzig | achtundzwanzig | neunundzwanzig |
| 3— | Germany, Austria: dreißig Switzerland, Liechtenstein: dreissig | Germany, Austria: einunddreißig Switzerland, Liechtenstein: einunddreissig | Germany, Austria: zweiunddreißig Switzerland, Liechtenstein: zweiunddreissig | Germany, Austria: dreiunddreißig Switzerland, Liechtenstein: dreiunddreissig | Germany, Austria: vierunddreißig Switzerland, Liechtenstein: vierunddreissig | Germany, Austria: fünfunddreißig Switzerland, Liechtenstein: fünfunddreissig | Germany, Austria: sechsunddreißig Switzerland, Liechtenstein: sechsunddreissig | Germany, Austria: siebenunddreißig Switzerland, Liechtenstein: siebenunddreissig | Germany, Austria: achtunddreißig Switzerland, Liechtenstein: achtunddreissig | Germany, Austria: neununddreißig Switzerland, Liechtenstein: neununddreissig |
| 4— | vierzig | einundvierzig | zweiundvierzig | dreiundvierzig | vierundvierzig | fünfundvierzig | sechsundvierzig | siebenundvierzig | achtundvierzig | neunundvierzig |
| 5— | fünfzig | einundfünfzig | zweiundfünfzig | dreiundfünfzig | vierundfünfzig | fünfundfünfzig | sechsundfünfzig | siebenundfünfzig | achtundfünfzig | neunundfünfzig |
| 6— | sechzig | einundsechzig | zweiundsechzig | dreiundsechzig | vierundsechzig | fünfundsechzig | sechsundsechzig | siebenundsechzig | achtundsechzig | neunundsechzig |
| 7— | siebzig | einundsiebzig | zweiundsiebzig | dreiundsiebzig | vierundsiebzig | fünfundsiebzig | sechsundsiebzig | siebenundsiebzig | achtundsiebzig | neunundsiebzig |
| 8— | achtzig | einundachtzig | zweiundachtzig | dreiundachtzig | vierundachtzig | fünfundachtzig | sechsundachtzig | siebenundachtzig | achtundachtzig | neunundachtzig |
| 9— | neunzig | einundneunzig | zweiundneunzig | dreiundneunzig | vierundneunzig | fünfundneunzig | sechsundneunzig | siebenundneunzig | achtundneunzig | neunundneunzig |
* 100: hundert, einhundert
* 10$^3$: tausend, eintausend
* 10$^4$: zehntausend (Myriade)
* 10$^6$: Million (tausendmaltausend, tausendtausend)
* 10$^9$: Milliarde
* 10$^{12}$: Billion
* 10$^{15}$: Billiarde
* 10$^{18}$: Trillion
* 10$^{21}$: Trilliarde
* 10$^{24}$: Quadrillion
* 10$^{27}$: Quadrilliarde
* 10$^{30}$: Quintillion
* 10$^{33}$: Quintilliarde
* 10$^{36}$: Sextillion
* 10$^{39}$: Sextilliarde
* 10$^{42}$: Septillion
* 10$^{45}$: Septilliarde
* 10$^{48}$: Oktillion
* 10$^{51}$: Oktilliarde
* 10$^{54}$: Nonillion
* 10$^{57}$: Nonilliarde
* 10$^{60}$: Dezillion
* 10$^{63}$: Dezilliarde
* 10$^{66}$: Undezillion
* 10$^{69}$: Undezilliarde
* 10$^{72}$: Duodezillion
* 10$^{75}$: Duodezilliarde
* 10$^{78}$: Tredezillion
* 10$^{81}$: Tredezilliarde
* 10$^{84}$: Quattuordezillion
* 10$^{87}$: Quattuordezilliarde
* 10$^{100}$: Googol
* 10$^{120}$: Vigintillion
* 10$^{123}$: Vigintilliarde

#### Derived terms

* Drei
* dreiarmig
* dreibeinig
* dreiblättrig
* Dreieck (dreieckig)
* Dreieinigkeit
* Dreier
* Dreierbündnis
* dreierlei
* Dreiertakt
* dreifach (Dreifachturnhalle)
* dreifaltig (Dreifaltigkeit)
* dreifarben
* dreifarbig
* dreifüßig
* Dreiheit
* dreijährig
* Dreikampf
* Dreikäsehoch
* Dreiklang
* Dreikönigsfest
* Dreilaut
* Dreimaster (dreimastig)
* dreimotorig
* dreiprozentig
* Dreirad
* Dreisatz
* dreiseitig
* dreisilbig
* Dreisprung
* dreißig
* dreistellig
* Dreisternehotel
* dreistufig
* dreitägig
* dreiteilig
* dreiwöchig, dreiwöchentlich
* Dreizack (dreizackig)
* dreizehn
* halbdrei
* verdreifachen (Verdreifachung)

### Further reading

* “drei” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “drei” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
* “drei” in Duden online
* drei on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{de}$

## German Low German
### Alternative forms

* dree (some dialects)

### Etymology

From Middle Low German drê, drî, drie, from Old Saxon thrīe, from Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
Ultimately cognate to German drei, Dutch drie, English three, Plautdietsch dree.

### Numeral

drei
* (Low Prussian, Münsterland) three (3)

#### See also

* (Münsterländisch) twee (“two”); veer (“four”); fyv; seß; ; ; niegen; tein (“ten”); twintig (“twenty”); hundert; duusend — eerste (“first”); tweede; diädde; veerde

## Hunsrik
### Etymology

Inherited from Central Franconian drei, from Middle High German drī, from Old High German dri, from Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
Cognate with German drei and Luxembourgish dräi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtraɪ̯/
* Rhymes: -aɪ̯
* Syllabification: drei

### Numeral

drei
* three
    Meer hon drei Kinner.We have three children.

#### Related terms

* Dreieck
* dreieckich
* Dreiraat

### References

* ↑ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “drei”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 38, column 1

## Middle English
### Etymology 1
#### Adjective

drei
* Alternative form of drye

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

drei
* Alternative form of dregh

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Verb

drei
* imperative of dreie

## Pennsylvania German
### Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German drī. Compare German drei, Dutch drie, English three.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /draɪ̯/

### Numeral

drei
* three

## Rade
### Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *drɛy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hadiʀi, from Proto-Austronesian *Sadiʀi.

### Pronoun

drei
* we (inclusive)

### Classifier

drei
* classifier for animals

### References

* James A. Tharp, Y-Bhăm Ƀuôn-yǎ (1980) A Rhade-English Dictionary with English-Rhade Finderlist (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-58)‎, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN, archived from the original on 1 November 2021, page 26

## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology

From English dry.

### Adjective

drei
* dry

#### Derived terms

* dreisabana (“desert”)
* dreiwatra (“thirst”)